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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2011
Zhongmin Lin, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gopal Avinash, Waukesha, WI (US);
Patrick Michael Virtue, Albany, CA (US);
Zhongmin Lin, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gopal Avinash, Waukesha, WI (US);
Patrick Michael Virtue, Albany, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for extracting a three-dimensional (3D) volume of interest from a three-dimensional (3D) image dataset includes accessing a 3D image dataset that includes a plurality of image slices, enclosing a 3D volume of interest in the 3D image dataset using a 3D mesh, automatically extracting the 3D volume of interest based on the 3D mesh, and generating a 3D image of the extracted 3D volume of interest. A computer and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also described herein.